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Both were claims for penalties and both happening when the two games were goalless at the time.

Just before half-time at Cardiff, Callum Paterson saw an overhead kick hit Burnley defender Matt Lowton on the arm.

Meanwhile, on the half hour mark a scramble following a corner saw Harry Maguire blast a ball from close range against the arm of DeAndre Yedlin.

Cardiff didn’t get a penalty and went on to lose 2-1, whilst Leicester did get a spot-kick which Jamie Vardy scored, a game that had looked pretty even instead becoming a bit of a stroll for the Foxes once they took the lead.

The former top referee claiming that because Yedlin’s arm/hand was ‘extended’, it turned it into an offence.

This is the kind of incident where in the past it would almost never have been given, as it would have been called ‘ball to hand’ rather than ‘hand to ball’. Maguire blasted the ball from only around two or three yards away and Yedlin couldn’t get his arm out of the way. In these situations it is all but impossible for your arms not to automatically rise as you react/jump.

It wouldn’t be so bad but Newcastle rarely seem to get similar luck at the other end…

INCIDENT:

“Callum Paterson’s overhead kick strikes Burnley defender Matt Lowton on the arm, but no penalty is given, with Warnock later calling it a “certain” spot kick.”

Dermot Gallagher verdict:

“Correct call, no penalty.”

Dermot Gallagher says:

“His [Lowton] hands are in front of his face here – the one with [Newcastle defender DeAndre] Yedlin is his hand is extended.”

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